Between May and July 2022, Amelia Correa developed a residency dedicated to introducing children to the language of cinema, its narratives, and its processes of production. Across a series of sessions, participants explored Mexican and international film, with an emphasis on non-commercial works that opened up different ways of imagining characters, worlds, stories, and visual possibilities.

The residency approached cinema as a tool for encounter, collective imagination, and storytelling. Through exercises in observation, conversation, and analysis, the children engaged with fundamental elements of cinematic language, including character creation, sequence, framing, movement, analog image-making, and the relationship between sound and narrative. Rather than approaching film from a purely technical perspective, the residency created a space for children to look, interpret, and experiment with their own ways of telling stories.

The process culminated in the collective creation of an intergalactic stop-motion film. Using simple materials, group-built sets, and characters imagined by the participants, the final session became a small public screening where the children shared the outcome of their work. Throughout the residency, cinema became a space for play, collaboration, and expression, allowing each participant to contribute to the construction of a shared universe.

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